Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Even though I took a bit of a break from rug hooking, I didn't really stop thinking about it -- or collecting stuff for it! ;-) Since I have a bit of a backlog, I am going to start sharing some of these items, beginning today.

A mysterious package arrived a couple of weeks ago from my friend Dorinda. It was unexpected – and even more curious, wrapped in Christmas paper! The notecard read "Christmas in July" and the carton was filled with lots of individually wrapped packages....

One, by one, each of the bundles was unwrapped to reveal these beautiful antique hooks....

Needless to say, I was speechless. For the longest time, my antique hook collection consisted of only 1 hook -- the hook that my great grandmother used, crafted from the tine of a barn fork. Then, a few months ago, I purchased several hooks at RUG. With the arrival of my "Christmas" present, my collection more than quadrupled! It was a very generous - and thoughtful - gift that I didn't know that I wanted, but that I am oh, so happy to receive. Thanks Dorinda -- I love them!

Purse Patterns...

My Bala Bag patterns are now available in our Fish Eye Sisters Store.....just click on the image above to go and check them out...

Retired Purse Patterns

I am retiring my original purse patterns (pictured above). There is just one Original size pattern left - designed and details as listed below. Once it's gone, it's gone. Please email me if you are interested: jen AT fisheyesisters DOT ca

About the following list of Rug Hooking Blogs....

This is by no means a complete list. For starters, it contains only the 25 most recently updated blogs on my much larger list. Plus, there are lots of new rug hooking blogs out there....so I know there are some missing. If you'd like me to include your blog in the list - or if you know of other great rug hooking blogs - please let me know. Send me a quick e-mail at fisheyerugs AT hotmail DOT com. Thanks!